Mahir

Meaning and origin of Mahir

Popularity of Mahir in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Mahir has been rising (+9.4% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Mahir every 41 schools, all spellings combined.

Mahir in English-speaking countries

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  559^th boys’ name60 babies in 3 years1 boy in 2,832+34.4% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  636^th boys’ name173 babies in 3 years1 boy in 4,777+6% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  625^th boys’ name13 babies in 3 years1 boy in 5,525

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  1,480^th boys’ name366 babies in 3 years1 boy in 14,048+7.5% a year

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): British Columbia (Canada), Scotland, Northern Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Mahir and Mahïr are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Mahïr5
• Maahir15
• Mahyr5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Mahir

• Médine
• Maher
• Malick
• Melih
• Musa
• Malek
• Mahdi
• Salman
• Elyes
• Anass
• Ziyed
• Jawad

See also

• →French names of Arabic origin